7.1 Late Breaking News

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Issue

The Late Breaking News Bulletin has been created in order to provide customers updates on Documentation and Known Issues discovered post release. These documents attempt to highlight the most 'common' known issues and concerns reported by customers.

Guidelines regarding the availability of EEB/Hotfix for NetBackup can be found here:

Environment

Installation and Upgrade Checklist:An Installation and Upgrade Checklist is available for NetBackup 7.1 on the SORT website to determine 7.1 requirements for master, media and clients:https://sort.symantec.com/home

SORT also provides the ability to audit EEBs/Hotfixes in your environment to determine if they are resolved in a current version of NetBackup. You can access the EEB Auditor on SORT at the link below.NetBackup SORT EEB Auditor

(ET2652723 and ET2665300) After applying the 7.1.0.3 upgrade, degraded performance may be seen in NetBackup and OpsCenter on Windows due to an unintentional CPU restriction imposed on the database.http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH178219

Issues Addressed in NetBackup 7.1.0.3:

7.1.0.3 includes fixes for the issues below and additional fix content. All customers are encouraged to apply 7.1.0.3 as part of normal maintenance.
7.1.0.3 download links: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH174256

(Multiple Etracks) At NetBackup versions 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 7.0, 7.0.1 and 7.1, ghost jobs or numerous jobs with status 50's may be seen in the activity monitor that can't be deleted.http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH146990